Founding out the technical parameters of the professional soccer players and evaluating them according to the leagues

The purpose of this research is founding out the technical parameters of the Professional soccer players and evaluating them according to the leagues. For this purpose, în the framework of research, technical tests have been exploited for the soccer players and some solutions for the research problem have been looked for. The scope of the research contains the soccer players in the professional soccer leagues in Turkey. İn the research, anova tests have been used according to the normalcy trial, and SPSS 10.0 statistics package program has been used in evaluating the data and finding out the values calculated. The mean age of the professional soccer players in super league was 22,53 ± 2,78 year, their mean height was 177 ± 0,05 cm, and their mean body weight was 70,40 ± 4,99 kg. The mean age of the professional soccer players in 2. league (A) category was 25,05 ± 3,60 year, their mean height was 179 ± 0,05 cm, and their mean body weight was 74,55 + 5,35 kg. The mean age of the professional soccer players in 2. league (B) category was 21,05 ± 1,71 year, their mean height was 180 ± 0,03 cm, and their mean body weight was 73,15 ± 4,01 kg. The mean age of the professional soccer players in 3. league was 22,20 ± 2,75 year, their mean height was 178 ± 0,04 cm, and their mean body weight was 72,45 ± 3,98 kg. Statisticaly, significant difference was found among the groups (Super league, 2. league (A), 2. league (B) and 3. league), according to shoot the ball given by foot - pass test, head - foot - chest test, foot - chest - head test, the stable ball shooting test, head kick test to the ball thrown from the right side of the goal - post, speed dribling test, and total score (P<0,05). There was not any significant difference among the groups when compared according to the head - left foot - right foot test scores which measure the ball - body coordination and short pass tests (P>0,05).-71- According to the stable ball shoot test measurements, head kick to the ball thrown from the right side of the goal - post test measurements and shooting ball thrown by foot pass test measurements the scores of the super league is significantly higher than 2. league (B) and 3. league measurements. İn the stable ball shooting tests, the mean values of the 2. league (A) category was significantly higher than 3. league's values (P<0,05). There was not any significant difference found between super league and 2. league (A) category, between 2. league (A) and 2. league (B) category and between 2. league (B) category and 3. league (P>0,05). İn the head kick test to the ball thrown from the right side of the goal - post there was not any significant difference seen between super league and 2. league (A) category, between 2. league (A) and 2. league (B) and 3. league category, and between 2. league (B) category and 3. league (P>0,05). According to shooting the ball thrown by foot pass test there was not any significant difference found between super league and 2. league (A) and between 2. league (B) and 3. league categries (P>0,05). İn the speed dribling test, the test scores of super league groups was significantly higher than the other groups (P<0,05). The was not any significant difference found in the comparison of other groups (P>0,05). The chest - foot - head test and foot - chest - head test scores of the super league groups was significantly higher than the other league's groups (P<0,05). İn the comparison of the other groups with each other there was not any significant difference identified (P>0,05). Consequently, it can be said that the kick techniques of the soccer players in upper leagues is better in the head kick, shooting the moving balls and shooting the stable balls tests. İt can be said that a soccer player is required to be integrated with the ball and to control the ball in a better way and to have a good ability of dribbling, and the coordination of the ball with the body is important for a soccer player, and that the ability of dribbling should be an important criterion for in a soccer player transfers.